Nanny McPhee

Synopsis

Oscar-winner Emma Thompson stars and winningly adapts the 'Nurse Matilda' books by Christianna Brand into a surefire family pleaser. She plays Nanny McPhee, the formidable childminder who suddenly appears at the home of six unruly brats and their feckless father (Colin Firth). Rewardingly focusing on character rather than special effects, this is a lesson in family movie-making that audiences of all ages will love to learn.

Director

Kirk Jones

Cast

Emma Thompson

Colin Firth

Kelly Macdonald

Imelda Staunton

Angela Lansbury

Celia Imrie

Review

Emma Thompson plays the no-nonsense, vaguely witchy child carer hired to instill some discipline into the six Brown brats.

Their widowed undertaker father (Colin Firth) lets them run amok while the last nanny - their seventeenth - was dispatched with a cruel practical joke.